I am looking at having a mostly linear narrative, however I'm interested in making the actual narrative a flashback, and we see the present day main character as an old woman, looking back on 2015. I think this would be effective and very fitting with the song 'Photograph', as the entire song relates to reminiscing about happy memories and times. I think it would be a nice and emotional touch to have an older woman reminiscing about her younger years, particularly the year she left home to go to university.
As I have briefly mentioned before, I have decided rather than including the different problems that arise in each relationship the girl has with the different people in her life, I will make the issue her moving away from home for university. This is because it takes a positive spin on issues rather than a negative one such as lying and deceit. I think this positive spin is definitely more fitting to the positive uplifting lyrics of the song I have chosen.
The narrative will show a 70 year old opening a memory box labelled '2015', most of the narrative will be about the girl moving away to uni and the different emotional stages she goes through because of it, however there will be some 'flash-forwards' throughout the video of the older woman picking up objects from the box that we see in her flashbacks. I think this will help tie in the different shots and scenes within the video nicely.
The meaning behind this narrative and its structure, is to show how important all different kinds of relationships are - as you grow older there are more responsibilities, people have their own lives and move out, this doesn't mean their relationship ties should be any weaker. I intend to show the importance of family and friends, and how we should cherish them whilst we are young and we can, as nobody is getting any younger, everyone will grow old and all that will remain from life will be memories - its what anyone's life adds up to. So, we should make these memories great and take on new and exciting ventures in life with joy.
I have decided to have just a narrative story for my music video rather than just a live performance or a mixture of the two. This is because I want there to be a deeper meaning to my music video and I feel like cutaways into a live performance would be very distracting.
I have also decided that rather than including a lot of different people in different relationships, I will have one main character, and show them in the different relationships. I will show her relationship with her mother, boyfriend, sibling and friends. I think this will make my music video idea a lot more practical to the production as it immediately cuts down the amount of characters that will be featured.
As well as having artistic shots and shots making up the narrative, I would like to make the music video more personal, including some home videos too.
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